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Seaspan Shipyards Completes ‘Prototype Block’ for Canadian Coast Guard’s Future Polar Icebreaker
Seaspan Shipyards has successfully completed construction of the ‘Prototype Block’ for the Canadian Coast Guard’s Polar Icebreaker program. This Prototype Block was developed and built to ensure that production teams are fully prepared to cut steel in late 2024.
2024 Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship
The Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship award is open for applications until June 30, 2024. It is awarded each year to the most deserving Canadian Citizen or Canadian Permanent Resident studying naval architecture or marine engineering.
Meet the Entrepreneur Who Claims to Have Cracked Shipping’s Coating Conundrum
Graphite Innovation &Technologies is mixing graphene into hull coatings, a material that is extremely tough and conducts heat and electricity well.
Signet Delivers First of Two RAL-Designed Rotortugs
Signet Sirius, the first of two ART 92-32W Rotortugs, was recently delivered by Signet Maritime at its Pascagoula Shipbuilding and Repair facility. This is the first ART Rotortug that Signet has built for its fleet and is designed by Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) in collaboration with RotorTug BV.
OSI Contracted for In-Service Support for the RCN AOPS IBNS
Thales Canada has awarded a contract for the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship/Joint Support Ship In-Service Support to OSI for the Royal Canadian Navy’s Arctic Offshore Patrol Shipsets 1 &2, which includes program and life cycle material management, logistics support, design and engineering, quality management, training, preventative and corrective maintenance, and spares management.
Quebec’s Bronswerk Group Awarded over $100 Million in Contracts by Irving Shipbuilding Inc. to Support Canadian Surface Combatants for Royal Canadian Navy
Two new contracts totaling over $100 million have been awarded to Quebec-based Bronswerk Group by Irving Shipbuilding Inc., to supply marine-grade HVAC and turnkey solutions in refrigeration machinery for the new Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy.
St. Lawrence Seaway 2024 Season Opens March 22
The Canadian and U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway agencies announced that the opening of the 2024 navigation season has been scheduled to take place on March 22.
Griffon Hoverwork Awarded Design and Feasibility Work by Canadian Coast Guard
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has asked for engineering design consultancy services from Griffon Hoverwork to update their current air cushion vehicle (ACV) design and to conduct feasibility studies into alternative power plant options. The Canadian Coast Guard operates a fleet of four ACVs, which primarily support the CCG’s search & rescue, icebreaking and marine navigation services mandate in the central and western regions of Canada.
US Navy Picks Companies for Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Program
Following an evaluation program, the U.S. Navy’s Program Office Advanced Undersea Systems has selected three vendors to prototype and develop Unmanned Underwater Vehicle platforms. The companies awarded prototype agreements are Kongsberg Discovery, Oceaneering International, and Anduril Industries.
Marine Atlantic Takes Delivery of New 1,000-Passenger Ferry
A new Stena RoRo E-Flexer series ferry was delivered recently to Marine Atlantic by CMI Jinling, Weihai Shipyard. The 1,000-passenger, 665.8'x91.1' Ala'suinu, will be on a 5-year charter agreement with the Canadian state-owned Marine Atlantic and operate a ferry line in eastern Canada between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
Chamber of Shipping White Paper on Canada’s Need for a Maritime Single Window
The Chamber of Shipping in Vancouver has released a White Paper underlining the importance and challenges for Canada to join other nations in implementing the Maritime Single Window (MSW) mandate, which came into force globally on January 1st, 2024.
Arctic Shipping has Increased Nearly 40% in Ten Years
The number of ships entering the Arctic Polar Code area from 2013 to 2023 increased by 37%, or around 500 ships, according to the latest report of the Arctic Council Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME). Changes to the marine environment, such as a decrease in the extent of sea ice and the loss of older, thick ice, has significant implications for longer navigation seasons and new access to previously difficult to reach regions of the Arctic.
Seeing the ship as a System Changes Everything
Shipping must engage with the decarbonization realities that lie ahead by changing the way it crafts maritime legislation to reflect its place in the interconnected, interdependent world economy, says Eero Lehtovaara, ABB Marine & Ports.
US Navy Set to Trial VLS Reloading System at Sea
The US Navy is planning a key proof-of-concept test this year to prove a system designed to enable the reloading of vertical launch missile silos at sea.
Canadian Surface Combatant Support Gets Extended for Another Year
As Canada’s future surface fleet nears the end of its ‘definition’ phase, the US supplier CACI will continue to support the programme for another year.
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